When we read that Tulsa, Oklahoma was home to the “Center of the Universe,” we figured — why not? It’s not every day you get to stand in the middle of everything. Or at least in the middle of a concrete circle with a good PR team. Either way, it sounded like the kind of …
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⛽Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum, Sapulpa, Oklahoma The World’s Tallest Gas Pump Supulpa? Confirmed!! We didn’t plan to stop. We were just rolling through Sapulpa when this 66-foot gas pump caught our eye — towering, red, and impossible to ignore. It sits outside the Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum like it’s daring you …
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Parts of this park are Temporarily Closed for Renovations! ~currently The Blue Whale of Catoosa is OSHA compliant, complete with his own personal hard hat! The Blue Whale of Catoosa is one of those roadside attractions that’s exactly what it sounds like—a giant blue whale sitting in a pond off Route 66 in Oklahoma. It’s …
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A Towering Tulsa Oddity on Skelly Drive Tulsa, Oklahoma has its fair share of unique landmarks, from the Golden Driller to hidden gems tucked away on quiet streets—but none are quite as unexpected as the World’s Largest Bottle of Hair Tonic. At first glance, this towering 25-foot structure looks more like a bizarre advertisement than …
🌿 Papilion at Honor Heights Park – Muskogee’s Garden Wonderland We had just made it out of Arkansas — finally — but couldn’t go far since we were waiting on some important mail. After weeks of gray travel days, I was craving a little color and calm, so when we spotted The Papilion at Honor …
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Will we manage to Leave Arkansas?? Well, we were still in Arkansas! We actually love the state, so why try and leave Arkansas? Being travelers, we like to move around. Being in one state for this long …. Here’s the deal… We travel in the bus… but we pull a vehicle also! From the start …
Gardens, Rockhouding and More is what was in store for us ! I was super excited to get out of Arkansas! Not because the state is anything but fabulous, we had been in Arkansas for a WHILE ! We had been in Bentonville, more specifically, for far too long. Lots of great places to visit, …
Sometimes you need a place to decompress, to ground yourself, and to remember that beauty exists in quiet spaces…the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks is that place. Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville was our first stop after the sensory chaos of Amped Electric Games — and it delivered exactly what we needed: quiet, …
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We hope You and Your Family had a Wonderful Thanksgiving! Sometimes plans change on the road. I had planned Thanksgiving Dinner for Zach and myself, along with one friend. Plans changed for that friend, so it was just going to be the two of us. I was just a bit off on the plan. I …
Well, we were finally in Bentonville, Arkansas. The trip from Alma to Bentonville was only about an hour, but I’m telling you, we made it in record time. Up at the before crack of dawn, packed and on the road before we are usually finished with breakfast. Mostly because Zach was a tad bit …